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T he J acksonville M iner 9 Philanthropy—Oh Yeah? ‘Fehl Just Mad’ Says Jennings (Continued from page one) DIGGERS TO BATTLE PROSPECT SUNDAY raise in pay of his employes when other lines were The Jacksonville Gold Diggers, chopping the outlay. And in reality perhaps a cent and home-talent baseball nine, are (Continued from page one) three mills would be added to the hourly rate and four scheduled to drive to Prospect Sun garding which he rants so much— day for a game with that camp’« he knows that this fund is checked hours a week chopped off, with the result that, after joy and pride on their home by every grand jury and surely he several raises, our good friend was earning less than grounds. All week motors have been wouldn’t intimate that everyone on $20 a week after 12 years of faithful, experienced tuned, tires patched and pennies every grand jury is crooked. This saved for the long trek to the upper fund has been the cause of more service. Five years ago he was earning nearly twice Rogue river town und it is expected controversy and trouble than any that amount before Henry got philanthropic and many of the local fans will be in cluded in the caravan. other of the duties of my office, but the manner of handling it is started raising pay. The answer! It’s very simple and The boys are enthusiastic for the prescribed by law and it cannot be runs a close parallel to the chain-store methods com encounter and have been working avoided. Also the prohibition work out on the California street fair way afternoons of late, now that has not cost the taxpayers of this mon today. two sunny days have appeared in county one penny for it is made up At the time one of the most highly touted increases succession. It was unfortunate, al of fines largely taken from pro fessional bootleggers and still own was put into effect we happened to be working as a though customary, for last Sun ers. Each year an amount averag linotype operator on one of the metropolitan dailies. day’s encounter to get rained out, ing around $2000, over and above One of our “takes” of copy included a story, sent direct but a precedent in fair weather for an entire day is expected this week enforcement costs, is turned over to the general fund of the county, fnn the Ford publicity headquarters in Detroit, telling end. Last week the localites were to which does not happen in many of the innovation of a higher wage. And how it ranted have played Fern Valley, which is counties in this state. As I have reputed to have a tough team to and raved, filling fully two columns, which were stated before through the press, the sum of $1456.07 referred to so often smeared prominently across a page. It went into de handle. Intermittent showers evi dently ch u-ged minds of the in by Fehl represents the expenditures tended victims of Jacksonville’s tail to give the past history of the new, generous of four months, covered by 45 skill and impaired telephone service vouchers. achievement and was careful to point out that only in the valley, for during the course 1 have spent the last »even years the extreme wisdom and softness of heart of Henry of the day no Fern Valley player at this job and I am confronted | appeared, nor did telephone mes with new problems every day. 1 am Ford had made such a boon to workers possible. But sages advise the Gold Digger man wondering how many fully realize when we got home and told our friend the good news ager, H. H. Farley, who has been the many details of this office. Dur combination promoter, catcher and ing the year 1931 the sum of $1,- he nodded and said he already knew. His face was long umpire at various stages of the 362,833.89 was collected in the tax and manner dismal. He added, dejectedly, that where spring schedule. However, being department. All segregations of baseball minded and expert swim funds into school districts, cities the increase would total a few cents a day, the weekly mers, the home talent organized and irrigation districts, are made sum was sliced nearly $10, work was speeded up and two nines and layed a six-inning in this department, about 25.000 tax tilt among themselves. “Doc’’ Gillis receipts are written and last year more rigid regulations were in effect. The glowing threw more of his trick balls for over 6000 delinquent notices were newspaper story we had set in type failed to mention one side while Paul Hess heaved sent out. Previous to my entering for the opponents. At the end of office in 1925 a force of four depu that. the sixth inning score stood 6-6, in ties were kept in the tax depart And so it goes with chain store advertising. We are favor of the umpire. Another half ment all summer while we are now session was endured, when rain! getting along with one. We also beginning to learn that reputations are not earned— drowned out ambition and the play-1 have devised a system by which the they are built! Just as surely as Henry creates one ers scurried for cover. The last tax receipts are written by three j half, however, rendered two runs | girls instead of six as was former impression and practices something else do chain and the leading side still insists it, ly needed. stores create false impressions of economy, buying won a moral victory. The subject,? along with Harlan Clark’s home There has been no increase in the power, efficiency and general benefits to customers. run with two men on, is still open force of the legal department in And to come back home—just this week several peo to debate on street corners. spite of the fact that the work has trebled in the last 10 years. There ple were in Jacksonville from Klamath Falls. They It was admitted by the Jackson are many who do not know that ville players that Fern Valley for every animal sold to a butcher must intended to buy supplies while in Medford from chain feited the game because they knew cany a tag, and we wait on an stores, where they figured economies were possible, they’d get licked anyway. It is not average of 15 persons a day for this service alone. Everyone sell but happened to come here before the actual purchases ing more than 10 chickens or tur were made. While browsing around they noted prices keys must procure a tag. The auto mobile license work has increased and commodities and, after comparison with observa from $32,230.05 in 1923 to $116,- tions taken in other cities found they could buy 946.84 in 1931, and during that time many new- laws, such as the cheaper in independent, home-owned stores. So they Ao title law, have been enacted, mak stocked up in Jacksonville. ing far more work. During the And slowly but surely others will learn that impres year 1922, 808 legal papers of var ious kinds (chattel liens, writs, sions built up in their minds by years of continual ad summons, executions, subpoenas, etc.) were served while in 1931 vertising hammered into the general public day in and there were 1972 cases. day out are only impressions — and not realities. Upon this office also falls the People are going to learn, more and more, that good service of jury summons, the mak ing of deeds, delivering of ballot home-owned, independent merchants are honest, do boxes and the checking^ of polling not resort to exaggerated claims and have set aside no places. In 1922 there was no col lection of unsecured personal tax fund to make people believe they are getting some through the legal department and thing for nothing. They are going to learn also that chain stores send money directly to New York city and other eastern points two and three times a week and that, if a chain, by organization, can save a mite on Harold B. Gillis wholesaling and buying, that mite is saved for the PHYSICIAN AND chain store and not the dear buyer. And, by heck, The SURGEON Miner is going to keep on reminding them of these Office in Jacksonville ' things from time to time. Sanitarium known just what will result, how ever, when Prospectors and Gohl Diggers get together, but anxious mothers hope for the best. • Weslie Ritchie, upper Applegat« resident, expected to be able to re turn to his home early in the week, following a goiter operation per formed at the Sacred Heart hos pital Wednesday of last week by Dr. Charles T. Sweeney. This phy sician says he has performed sev eral goiter operations within the last year, following a special course in such surgery which he studied during a trip east last summer. • Men working in the American Hoy mine on Forest creek, operated by Sol Wayne and Ed Phillips, are reporting that good ore is coming from the mine regularly. The ore is being trucked to the Paul Wright quartz mill on the Applegate high way near this city. This property was formerly owned by .Mark Win ningham and was known as the Sunset mine. At the presnet time rain is halting the work. There Is One Place in Medford Where 25c will supply its owner with the best PRIED CHICKEN m TURKEY LUNCH in the val ley any day of the week from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m. AND REMEMBER—AT THE Brownie Marie Cafe YOUR MONEY STRETCHES BI T OUR STEAKS DO NOT 19 North Fir Street Medford is the time for all Good Men* * Hours—Mon., Wed., Fri., 9-12 6-9 Every Evening Phone Jacksonville 81 in the year 1931 the amount col lected was $13,363.23. I have been censored for having my boys work for me. I consider them my greatest asset. They tend Not a Chain Store But We Do Have a Chain of Friends Who Strongly Recommend Our Service and Stock The Jacksonville Pharmacy Prescriptions a Specialty PHONE 12 THE Jacksonville Exchange New and Second Hand Goods We Trade for Anything Worth Handling GET YOUR TRADE CARD FOR AN ELECTRIC CLOCK Post Office Box 61 strictly to business, have my best interest at heart and I know that I can trust them. I believe that any attorney in this county will unhesi tatingly recommend them. At the present time I collect from litigants in court when I serve pa pers, mileage at the rate of 10 cents per mile, one-half of the mileage fees so collected goes into the coun ty general fund and I receive only five cents per mile for cars used in this service. In 1922 the sum of $504.19 was turned over to the county general fund for mileage fees collected from litigants, and in 1931 the sum of $1805.75 was turned over to the county for that item. In 1923 the budget called for $16,683 and $20,807.63 was spent. In 1931 the budget called fori $19,413 and $18,622.06 was spent. I have tried to build up an effi cient, economical, capable organi zation and this is not accomplished in one day or one year. I will ad mit that we have made mistakes but we have profited by them. My office force has always worked in harmony and we have attempted to give courteous, quick service and I have tried personally to work for the good of all. If reelected I can not promise more than I have promised before—and given—my best effort in an endeavor to give you an honest, efficient adminis tration.—Ralph G. Jennings, Sher- i iff of Jackson County. to come to the aid of their newspaper Meaning men and their families who want home-town news as only T he M iner prints it. • SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Join the rapidly swelling list of regular readers ONE YEAR ONE DOLLAR Six Months Fifty Cents ADDRESS BOX 138, JACKSONVILLE
